WARNING Ransomware

there is a scam going around spread this to everybody...............

quote:The FBI is warning against a virus called Reveton ransomware, which can activate by clicking on a compromised web page. The scam appears to come from the FBI, complete with an FBI logo and a warning accusing the user of distributing child pornography. It then freezes the computer and demands payment of $100 or more within 72 hours.

One of the instructors here at work got hit by that via email just this week. Neither McAfee Enterprise or Kaspersky Rescue CD would clean it. I was able to neuter it well enough and restoring to a two week old checkpoint I was able to get the machine working again. I could just as easily reimaged the machine but felt like taking a crack at it.

The instructor readily admits he is totally computer illiterate.--There are 10 types of people that understand binary numbers. Those that do - and those that do not...

At a high level, Reveton is similar to the "fake antivirus" programs that seem to be declining. This substitutes the approach to motivating the victim with something more confrontational and a programming wrinkle or two.»Ransomware a growing menace, says Symantec

In the deception department, like some of the more popular fake AV families focus these look much more intimidating on the screen than at a user profile or system level. The last Reveton I looked at last month did it with one EXE and one LNK; changes to the Registry, if any, were irrelevant.

He is not computer savy by any means but was smart enough to know this was a scam.

Typical diagnosis though..... "I went looking at some porn then the next day I had this."

WOW hate to have heard this about your friend.

Format Time!!!!!!

Haha yea, as soon as he told me that I giggled a for a bit and replied back "Go grab us a few beers, we are gonna sitting here for a few hours." --"I like to refer to myself as an Adult Film Efficienato." - Stuart Bondek